[Met Concert/Gala] CID:21065
Farewell Performance of Grand Opera. Metropolitan Opera House: 4/21/1899.
Metropolitan Opera House
April 21, 1899
FAREWELL PERFORMANCE OF GRAND OPERA
Roméo et Juliette: Act II
Roméo...................Albert Saléza
Juliette................Suzanne Adams
Stephano................Marthe Djella [Last appearance]
Benvolio................Roberto Vanni
Gertrude................Mathilde Bauermeister
Gregorio................Theodore Meux
Conductor...............Luigi Mancinelli
Director................Pierre Baudu
Tristan und Isolde: Act II
Tristan.................Jean de Reszke
Isolde..................Lillian Nordica
Kurwenal................David Bispham
Brangäne................Marie Brema
King Marke..............Edouard de Reszke
Melot...................Lempriere Pringle
Conductor...............Franz Schalk
Director................Pierre Baudu
INTERMEDE MUSICALE
La Favorita: O mio Fernando
Eugenia Mantelli
Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell
Anton Van Rooy
Lucrezia Borgia: Brindisi
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Accompanist.............E. Romayne Simmons
Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion
Sieglinde...............Lilli Lehmann [Last appearance]
Siegmund................Andreas Dippel
Conductor...............Franz Schalk
Director................Pierre Baudu
Faust: Act V
Faust...................Albert Saléza
Marguerite..............Emma Eames
Méphistophélès..........Pol Plançon
Conductor...............Luigi Mancinelli
Director................Pierre Baudu
[Note from the program: Mme. Sembrich is still suffering from a severe cold, contracted in Baltimore last week, and will not be able to sing this evening. Therefore, the first act of "La Traviata" will have to be omitted from the performance.
M. Van Dyck is suffering from an attack of Bronchitis, and the role of Siegmund in the "Die Walküre" will be sung by Herr Dippel.]
Although David Bispham is listed in the program to sing Schubert's Erlkönig, he is not mentioned in an account which mentions what poor voice he was in for Act II of Tristan.